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Bad news for the country’s declining birth rate is accompanied by rosier development about divorce.
Boy’s sporting ambitions slide in survey as girls stick with the same favorite for the 21st year running.
Popular retail chain Yodobashi Camera sets the bar high with their “Tablet Computer Dreams i” New Year’s gift box.
Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.
Video showing body of man who committed suicide in Aokigahara forest was only up for a day, but the backlash is likely to last much longer.
The biggest otaku in the SoraNews24 office runs down his picks for the five series you need to see to feel like you “watched anime” in 2017.
With a simple wish to start your year off with some tasty donuts, Krispy Kreme delivers big in this year’s bag.
Because when your name is the Hotel Mt. Fuji, you want your customers to be sure they’re going to see Japan’s most famous mountain.
Our reporter Meg turns her lens on 12 months’ worth of steamy male skin, including borderline-illegal cosplay.
Japan’s first-ever crane game fraud investigation claims arcades used secret setting so prizes could only be won in employee demonstrations.
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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Real-life Spirited Away train line found in Japan?
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Senkoji: The Japanese temple that’s more like a theme park to heaven and hell
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Osaka governor calls president of Earth to deal with swarms of Expo bugs
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